Who Will Ashcrack Appoint As Special Prosecutor?

[Jacobin]

It appears that the appointment of a Special (and I do mean Special) Prosecutor is imminent.

The Bush* Administration must appoint some truly independent and well-regarded personage to take on this task, in light of the fact that a CIA agent expert on WMD was outted by someone in the White House whose last name might begin with an "R" and end with an "E".

I thought as a public service, we could come up with a short list to submit to the Attorney General's Office, to help them speed up the important process of getting on with this investigation.

Please vote in this poll, or add other names which you think the administration would consider for this important post.

:-)

[Uzybone]

1. Satan

the answer is always Satan for these guys.

[papau]

19. But will Satan be allowed to ask these questions?

From the ABCnote:

"Has President Bush made clear to the White House staff that only total cooperation with the investigation will be tolerated? If not, why not?

Has he insisted that every senior staff member sign a statement with legal authority that they are not the leaker and that they will identify to the White House legal counsel who is?

Has Bush required that all sign a letter relinquishing journalists from protecting those two sources? Has Bush said that those involved in this crime will be immediately fired? If not, why not?

Has Albert Gonzalez distributed a letter to White House employees telling them to preserve documents, logs, records? If not, why not?

Has Andy Card named someone on his staff to organize compliance? If not, why not?

White House officials who might have legal or political exposure on this are going to have to decide whether to hire lawyers or not, and the White House counsel's office is going to have to decide what legal help they can and should provide to officials if and when the DOJ wants to talk to them.

That means that the '90s practice of every Washington bureau of calling members of the bar to see who has hired whom is about to heat back up. The first one to report someone hiring a criminal lawyer wins a prize, as does the first person who develops that lawyer as a source on all this.

A reminder that students of recusal politics will have to consider the Rove-Ashcroft history"

[Renew Deal]

2. Henry Kissinger

:evilfrown:

[Khephra]

3. Where's Kissinger?

:evilgrin:

[kentuck]

4. Nobody.

They know if they hold out long enough, the Democrats eventually fold. It is a pattern for decades now.

[revcarol]

5. Other.

Kissinger's consulting firm isn't doing too well, so he's da man.

[revcarol]

6. Forgot Howard Baker...

dirty-deal extraordinaire....ooh, that's French!!

[Racenut20]

7. This is a trick question, right?

[Gman]

8. Gotta be Ken Starr

he's so skilled at lying he only makes sense.

[Wwagsthedog]

9. The "justice" department has been ignoring this since July.

Why would they change their tune now? It seems that putting Tommy Chong in jail was their number one priority for the summer. Don't expect this administration to do anything that might incriminate themselves. After all, they know that the majority of the electorate is too intellectually challenged to figure anything out.

[Booberdawg]

10. Who says appointment of a Special Prosecutor is imminent?

I don't believe it will happen.

[eleny]

11. Nothing happens until we regain

the presidency and the Senate or House.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

12. Isn't Ann Coulter a lawyer?

And she's an expert on "treason," right?

[Jacobin]

16. My God. How could I have forgotten

Ann!!!!

Perfect pick. That one goes to the top of the top ten list to send to Ashcrack!!

:-)

[rucky]

13. Sock Puppet (n/t)

[stickdog]

14. Johnny Cochran (NT)

[Bozita]

15. Ted Olson ... slimeball

[Padraig18]

17. Hmmm...

Since you limit it to an idependent and well-regarded personage, that leaves out any Repugnicrats. :P

[Jacobin]

18. Please feel free to add your choices!!

The WH's definition of "independent and well-regarded" has a "special" meaning all its own. :-)